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Tesla Motors loan will fund Bay Area jobs | Used Cars Online — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:39:48 +0000

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By: hilltopper

hilltopper — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:07:02 +0000

Elwood,

Do you really just hate everything or are you just this uninformed? Generating electricity to run a car creates a small fraction of what a gas car creates. I suggest you try reading.

Why are you opposed to an American business being a leader in an up and coming industry?

You prefer a motorcycle? Fine. Buy one.

You don’t want an electric car? Fine. Don’t buy one.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:16:02 +0000

“one big difference is that it goes from 0 to 60mph in under 4 seconds.”

Who cares? A motorcycle is much quicker.

“It also needs no tune up, oil change etc.”

Gloryosky, Zero! A mechanical device which requires no adjustment or lubrication! It’s a miracle of modern technology!

“extremely low pollution (none except for electric generation).”

And we all know that electrical generation makes hardly any pollution at all. Especially the coal-fired plants which will be increasingly required.

By: hilltopper

hilltopper — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:36:50 +0000

Jim,

Cute comment re Vespa, and it is true that the Tesla is a small car. It’s not for everyone. But one big difference is that it goes from 0 to 60mph in under 4 seconds. It also needs no tune up, oil change etc. and the “fuel efficiency” is unheard of (equivalent to 250 mpg) with extremely low pollution (none except for electric generation).

Think of it as an environment-friendly sports car.

By: RR, Uninvited Columnist

RR, Uninvited Columnist — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:02:56 +0000

Maybe unemployed folks can use it to look for work

By: Feds Fund Tesla | Rants & Reasons

Feds Fund Tesla | Rants & Reasons — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:31:00 +0000

[...] federal government will lend California-based Tesla Motors $465 million dollars to help fund the building of electric vehicles. It’s very good to see [...]

By: JG27+AD

JG27+AD — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:51:48 +0000

Nice little car. Unless you need to carry more than a couple of bags of groceries. Perhaps you have children, car pool, take road trips, like to go camping or fishing, haul home improvement supplies.

You may as well get a Vespa.

Jim

By: Josh Richman

Josh Richman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:47:01 +0000

Oops. Fixed it; thanks.

By: The Cat

The Cat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:51:13 +0000

Nice article except for one glaring error: the picture shown is NOT the Tesla Model S. That picture was a “what it might look like” rendering done by Road & Track magazine about a year ago. There are many pictures of the actual car available, including a bunch at the Tesla web site.